TechNode SF Demo Day – Asia’s Booming Ecosystem

In September 25th, TechNode Demo Day San Francisco will be held in the AWS Pop-up Loft by TechNode, focusing on Asia’s budding entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The event will feature speakers from TechCrunch, CheetahMobile, and Amazon Global, sharing their valuable experiences in China and the global mobile internet. 

The event will also include a panel discussion on the role of government support in helping startups expand into the Asian market and pitch competitions for startups from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. to pitch their idea to renowned judges.

Online registration is here. See you there!

Event Details

Date: Friday, September 25th, 2015

Time: 9:45 AM to 4:30 PM (PDT)

(Registration opens at 9:45 AM)

Venue: AWS Pop-up Loft 925 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

The speakers and companies include

1. Ned Desmond – COO of TechCrunch 

2. Josh Ong – US Director of Communications of CheetahMobile

3. Adam Fitzgerald – Head of Worldwide Developer Marketing of Amazon Global

4. Edith Yeung – Partner of 500 startups

5. Gary Gong  – Executive Vice President of Institute for Information Industry (III)

6. Chan Zhao – Head of Plug & Play China

7. James Jung – CEO of Besuccess

Pitching Asian startups include

KonoLabs (Korea)

Trigger (US)

Car+ (China)

Lovelinku (China)

Lapieces (Japan)

Playmore (HK)

CodeMentor (Taiwan)

Defiderm (Taiwan)

Phone Doctor Plus (Taiwan)

Agenda

Morning Session

09:45 – 10:00 Registration 

10:00 – 10:15 Opening Remarks delivered by TechNode

10:15 – 10:35 Opening Remarks delivered by TechCrunch

10:35 – 11:00 Keynote delivered by Cheetahmobile

11:00 – 11:25 Keynote delivered by Amazon Global

11:25 – 11:50 Keynote delivered by 500 Startups

11:50 – 12:30 Panel discussion “How government/institute help startups expand into the Asian market” delivered by Institute for Information Industry (III), Plug & Play and Besuccess 

12:30 – 13:30 Social Mixer, sponsor by Cheetahmobile

Afternoon Session

13:30 – 16:30 Startup Pitch

18:00 – 20:00 VIP Dinner

R.S.V.P. by September 24th, 2015 (Link)